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STRAINER.

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Nu. 811,754. PATENTED FEB. 6, 1906, A. L. WEST.

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APPLICATION FILED PB.6,1905.

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STRAlNER.

Application filed February 6,

To (III/Z whom, it VI'MLZ/ concern:

Be it known that l, Antzxixnnn l1. Wns'r, a citizen of the United States, rcsidine' at Gowrie, in the county of Webster and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and llr cful Improvements in Strainers, of which thc following is a specification.

The objects oi my invention are to provide a strainer of simple, durable, and iucxpeu sivc constructionwhich is soconstruetml that the substance to be strained docs not have to be poured upon the straining portion ol the device, and thus eliminate to a great cxtent the Washing of the suhstanecs which need to be strained out through the straining portion of the device.

A further object to provide a strainer which can be easily and readily cleaned and kept in this condition and which will cites-tively strain the substance to be strained.

My invention consists in certain details in the construction, arrangement, and combination oi the various parts of the device whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set l'ortn, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the screen which is to be placed on the bottom oi the strainer. Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view of the complete strainer, showing the screen in position at the bottom of it; and Fig. 3 is a dctail sectional view of the luimcl, showing a funnel attached to the top of the invertedfunnel-shaped screen.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 have used the reference-nuineral 10 to indicate the funnel of the strainer, which has the circular portion .11 at its lower end. This circular portion has a series of openings 12, in which there are Wovenwire screens 1 I}. There is an oval bottom 14, i'orniin g the lower part of the circular portion 11 and the bottom oi the strainer. l have provided a funnel sha ed screen 15, having its larger opening at its owcr end. This screen 15 has a metal band 16 at its lower portion and a In etal band 17 at its upper portion, said bands being con nected by a series of bands 18 to hold those hands in position relative to each other and also to support a woven wire between them. The upper band 17 forms a circle of considerably less diameter than the band 16, so that as the band 17, which forms the lower portion of the screen, rests on the bottom 14, as

Specification of Letters Patent.

shown in Fig. 2, the upper portion will be Patented Feb. 6, 1906.

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some distance inside the circular portion ii. in the rclcr.-ihlcv l'orln ol' lhc device a l'un ncl ii) is provided, which is attached to the upper end ol' the srrccn l5 and having: its upper portion entering; a slighl circular depression 21) in the l'unncl If), thus preventing any milh l'rom gelling outside of the screen 15, cxccpl. that which is poured lhroug l'i it.

in practical use and assuming that the screen ii; is resting on thc boltoni 1' and milk or olhcr substance is poured into i hccir-- cular opening l'ormcd by the hand 7 the milk or other substance will slrike the top of the oval bottom ll and is forced upwardly throng-h thc wire of the screen 1:) and will then. 'llow out through the wires 13 in the openings 31.- and a perl'cct straining; ol' the milk or other substance can he had, owing to the lact that it lii'st strikes the hello!!! and the l'orcc ol the How is elimimtcd to n large extent, and as the milk rises from the bottom 14 it will pass through the screen 15 and out through the woven wire 13 in the openings 12, and the milk will he l'horoun'hl strained.

When it isdcsiird toclenn tlicstraim-r, this is done b vsimply removing the screen and lun nel 19 attached to it and washing them separately from the rest of the strainer.

llaving thus described my invention. what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat cut of the United States thcrcllir, is

1. in a device of the class described, a funnel-shaped portion having a number oi open ings in the lower portion of its sides, a screen in each ol' these openings, and an oval bottom for the funnel, and a l'unnehshapcd screen inverted and placed upon the bottom, for the purposes stated.

in a device ol' the class described, a funnel-shapcd portion having anumherof openings in the lower portion of its sides, a screen in each of these openings, an oval bottom for- TIO 

